Personal information | |
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Full name | Obiageri Pamela Amaechi |
Born | San Francisco, US | March 12, 1999
Sport | |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
College team | Princeton Tigers |
Achievements and titles | |
Regional finals | 2022 |
Commonwealth finals | 2022 |
Obiageri Pamela Amaechi (born March 12, 1999) is a Nigerian discus thrower who won the discus event at the 2023 African Games and came third in the discus events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2022 African Championships in Athletics. She has competed for the Princeton Tigers in US college athletics.
Amaechi is from San Francisco, US. [1]
In 2018, she won the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championship discus event, competing for Princeton Tigers. [1] As of 2022, she was the Ivy League record holder in discus, and had received All-America honors twice. [2] She competed for the US at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships, where she finished 14th in the qualifying round, and did not qualify for the final. [3]
Amaechi made her debut for Nigeria at the 2022 African Championships in Athletics, finishing third in the discus event. [4] Later that month, she won the Nigerian National Championships event, which was also a qualifier for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [4] [5] She came third in the discus event at the Commonwealth Games. [2] [6] Later in the year, she came third at a Nigerian Sports Festival. [7] Amaechi was one of three Nigerians who competed in the discus event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [8]
Amaechi won the discus event at the 2023 African Games. [9] On 19 May 2024, she threw a personal best 63.17 metres on at an event in Oklahoma, US, which was the second best throw by a Nigerian ever. [10] Later in the year, she came second in the discus event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics. [11] She will represent Nigeria at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [12]
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